Cigar-box.



PATBNTBD PEB.10,1903.

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v GIGAR BOX. APPLIOA'MON funn JULY '1, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

HENRT H. ZIEMER, OF ADAMSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-BOX.

`PE(YJIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,390, dated February 10, 1903.

Application filed July 7, 1902. Serial No. 114,544. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, HENRY H. ZIEMER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Adamstown, in the county ofv Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Boxes, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates particularly tocigarboxes; and my object is to provide a construction` especially adapted for display purposes both because of its improved appearance and its convenience of handlingA in opened condition and at the same time capable of economical manufacture and convenient handling in packing, &c.

The invention is fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and its essential features are specifically set out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a box embodyingr my improvements, the lid being shown raised to its full extent. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the lid .in closed'position. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the box with lid closed, showing the paneled effect.

The body of the box is of ordinary rectan- 'I gular form, the only variation from the usual construction consisting in setting the rear wall strip ci, and preferably the-front vwall strip b also, somewhat in from the edges of the joined side walls c and bottom piece e, the said edges c' and c' of which thus extend beyond the outer face of the rear wall ct a distance about equal, as shown, to the thickness of the material used. rlhe lidfis made of equal width to the sides c of the box, thus overhanging both the rear and front walls a and b, respectively, the same distance as do the edges c and c of the side walls and bottom of the box, as previously described, thus completely framing the rear and front walls and producing Ya recessed or paneled effect. The overhanging rear edgef' of the lid is beveled at about an angle of forty-five degrees, so as to slant upward and outward from the outer face of the rear wall ot when the lid is closed,'as shown in Fig. 1, and itis exteriorly hinged to the said rear wall by a strip of fabric g, glued to the two parts, as usual, so as to permit the lid to swing open thereon.

VThis opening movement, however, is limited by the beveled overhanging-portion of the lid coming in contact with the outer face of the rear wall a, as indicated in Fig. 1, thus maintaining the opened lid in properposition for displaying the interior of the box and its contents and at the -same time enabling it to serve as a convenient means of handling the opened box. Y

In my improved construction it willbe seen that the lid is so hinged as to be capable only of the usual hinge movement, that the stop to such movement is against the rear face of the box, and that the beveled overhang provided to accomplish this result serves the further purpose, in connection with the project- Ying edges c and Ve of the box, of producing a recessed-panel effect, which greatly improves -the appearance of the box, while also lying in the same plane with said'extended edges, so that any number of the boxes may be conveniently packed together, as heretofore'.`

What I claim is- The combination with a box having its rear Vwall set in from the over-extended edges of the walls joined thereto, of a lid exteriorly hinged to the top edge of said rear wall, the hinged edge of the lid overhanging the latter and said overhanging lid portion being beveled as shown to form a stop therefor, when opened, against the outer face of the box, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Adamstown this 3d day of July, 1902.

HENRY H. ZIEMER.

Witnesses:

ELMER E. BILLINGEELT, EsoIUs BILLINGEELT. 

